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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"language exposure"”.
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The role of siblings on infant language exposure in daylong audio recordings
… how family characteristics contribute to language produced in homes. Specifically exploring the effects of older siblings on the amounts and types of child- directed and overheard speech that infants hear. To address this, this study analyzed 76 daylong audio home recordings from 26 …
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Investigating language exposure and screen time in the early home environment: A longitudinal analysis of a prospective cohort study
The acquisition of language is one of the most critical developmental milestones for children during their early years. Despite this, a significant number of children are starting school without the speech, language, or communication (SLC) skills required to facilitate their learning and …
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Second Language Acquisition: The Effect of Age and Motivation
This paper looks into the competence of second language acquisition by investigating how second language is acquired. Furthermore it explores the age factor in learning another language other than mother tongue and also attempts to answer if there is enough current evidence that can demonstrate …
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Exposing a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to more than one language in the home : is it beneficial?
… research that addresses the effects of dual language exposure on the language abilities of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The purpose of this study was to compare the language abilities of children with ASD who are exposed to predominantly one language at home to the language …
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Examining the effects of a peer-mediated academic intervention on the language and literacy performance on emergent bilingual students
… the U.S. educational system (Office of English Language Acquisition, 2019). Although not all EBs are at risk for falling behind grade level proficiency in literacy, examination of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reveals that EBs, on average, demonstrate significantly lower …
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A Longitudinal Analysis of Spanish Morphosyntactic Performance Based on Spanish-English Bilingual Exposure and Usage
This study examines the interaction between language experience and Spanish morphosyntactic development using longitudinal data of Spanish-English bilingual children with typical language development (TD) and developmental language disorder (DLD). Specifically, this study explores how language …
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A test of the effects of linguistic stereotypes in children's animated film: A language attitude study.
… personal information, movie watching habits, and exposure to foreign languages. Results indicate: (1) MUSE ranks higher and AAVE lower than other speakers, (2) jobs/life positions do not correlate with animated films, (3) movie watching habits correlate with AAVE, French, and British ratings, (4) …
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An Examination Of Print Awareness When Using Electronic And Printed Books With Preschool-Aged Children
… to consider literacy development and written language exposure in preschool-aged students. Emergent literacy, which includes print awareness, is a key element of future reading success. The following study aimed to examine children’s print awareness skills through dialogic reading using both …
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Assessing language development in Arabic-learning monolingual and bilingual toddlers
Assessing children’s language is fundamental for changing their developmental outcome as it gives a chance for a quick and early intervention with a suitable planning and monitoring program. Since there is no universal Arabic language screening tool that can be used for the assessment of …
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The influence of long-term exposure to dialect variation on representation specificity and word learning in toddlers.
Until very recently language development research classified the language learner as belonging to one of two discrete groups – monolingual or bilingual. This thesis explores the hypothesis that this is an insufficient description of language input and that there are sub-groups within the …
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A Meta-Analysis of Selected Studies on the Effectiveness of Bilingual Education
… education when tests were administered in other languages. When tests were in English, bilingual education students score significantly higher in areas of reading, language skills, mathematics and total achievement; when tested in other languages, they scored significantly higher in reading, …
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Acquisition of syntax in a minature artificial language : effects of input and instruction
… in adult learners. An artificial miniature language was used to model real second language to control precisely the type of input, conditions of exposure and instruction accompanying that input. Performance of learners under four input conditions was compared and analogies were drawn between …
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An analysis of psycho-educational profiles of elementary students referred for special education consideration due to literacy difficulties
… achievement scores by three factors: primary language in the home, gender, and years of instruction. Results indicated that the students who primarily speak English in the home exhibi ted significantly higher mean achievement scores in the Letter and Word Re cognition, Word Reading Fluency, …
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Language Change in Spanish Heritage Speakers: the Interaction Between Lexical and Grammatical Aspect
… 2007). When societal factors limit heritage language exposure, tense and aspect morphology is susceptible to change (Guijarro-Fuentes & Clibbens 2004). Findings of a study on 11 Chilean-American heritage speakers show that production of the preterit is overextending, resulting in less …
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Language Change in Spanish Heritage Speakers: the Interaction Between Lexical and Grammatical Aspect
… 2007). When societal factors limit heritage language exposure, tense and aspect morphology is susceptible to change (Guijarro-Fuentes & Clibbens 2004). Findings of a study on 11 Chilean-American heritage speakers show that production of the preterit is overextending, resulting in less …
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Effects of Identity, Uncertainty, and Language Contact on Intergroup Relations
… about the power of contact with an outgroup language to shape intergroup relations. To address this lacuna in the research, the two current studies examined two potential contextual factors that may impact whether outgroup language contact worsens or improves attitudes and action tendencies …
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An eye tracking study of sentence reading in aphasia: influences of frequency and context
… sources that are related to our experience with language. Two of these sources of influence, frequency and context, demonstrate that more probable words and structures are processed more quickly than those that are less probable. However, not much is known about probabilistic influences on the …
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Children’s Social Judgments of Others on the Basis of Dialect-Specific Vocabulary
… preferences for speakers of their own native language over speakers of a non-native language as well as for speakers of a familiar accent over speakers of an unfamiliar accent. Recent research suggests that young children will similarly show preference for speakers who use familiar …